SGI 2024 | Sustainable Policymaking | Economic Sustainability | Circular Economy

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Values among 30 countries

Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	Material footprint per capita. The material footprint refers to the global allocation of used raw material extracted to meet the final demand of an economy.
Year:	2022
Unit:	Tonnes per capita
Direction:	Low values translate into high scores
Source 1:	OECD
Data for:
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Material flow accounts URL: https://data-explorer.oecd.o… extracted 2024/08/27.

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Minimum:	0.08
Maximum:	53.52
/	Below/Above IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=10-relative distance*9

Top group

Score

Material Footprint

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Upper middle group

Italy

8.0

12.02

Portugal

8.0

12.10

Spain

7.8

13.37

Greece

7.5

14.81

Hungary

7.5

15.13

France

7.2

16.53

7.2

16.87

Poland

7.0

17.62

Japan

7.0

17.63

Slovakia

6.8

19.15

Germany

6.7

19.50

Czechia

6.4

21.34

Lower middle group

Austria

5.8

24.84

Slovenia

5.8

25.25

Denmark

5.7

25.67

Sweden

5.6

26.09

Latvia

4.8

30.93

Switzerland

4.8

31.19

Israel

4.7

31.65

USA

4.7

31.69

Netherlands

4.7

31.80

Australia

4.6

31.89

New Zealand

4.4

33.20

Belgium

4.3

33.68

Finland

3.8

36.80

Estonia

3.7

37.49

Lithuania

3.5

38.87

Norway

3.4

39.04

Canada

3.3

40.11

Bottom group

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Ireland

1.8

48.86